Bulgaria vs Italy: Divorce rate

Bulgaria
1.4 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Italy
1.4 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
33rd
Italy rank
33rd

Divorce rate over time

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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 1.4 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 33rd of 43 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 1.31 per 1,000 people 0.2778 per 1,000 people 1.03 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
1980s 1.44 per 1,000 people 0.33 per 1,000 people 1.11 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
1990s 1.16 per 1,000 people 0.53 per 1,000 people 0.63 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2000s 1.69 per 1,000 people 0.81 per 1,000 people 0.88 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2010s 1.51 per 1,000 people 1.19 per 1,000 people 0.32 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2020s 1.4 per 1,000 people 1.3 per 1,000 people 0.1 per 1,000 people Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher divorce rate, Bulgaria or Italy?
Bulgaria, at 1.4 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Italy as of 2022.
What is the difference in divorce rate between Bulgaria and Italy?
0 per 1,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
52 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2022.
How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for divorce rate?
Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 33rd of 43 countries.
Where does this data come from?
OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Divorce rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Divorce rate
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 2,139 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.